[LUCID] Turn off CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_ALSA_SUPPORT
Stefan Bader
stefan.bader at canonical.com
Tue Apr 27 09:40:01 UTC 2010
Jerone Young wrote:
> Hi all,
> In Lucid kernel CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_ALSA_SUPPORT has been enabled.
> There are some issues with this feature.
>
> - Thinkpad users cannot use alsa backports as thinkpad-acpi will
> complain about alsa versions. This is required for newer
> Thinkpads. thinkpad-acpi will not load if you install alsa
> backports.
>
> - This feature still isn't completely sorted out and adds little
> value at this point for the Ubuntu Desktop experience.
>
> Can this be turned off?
No, because this has been specifically requested to be in and is the reason
there is a quite recent thinkpad-acpi driver in Lucid. It is the way forward to
make the internal hw mixer usable.
It might be a reason to see whether the lbm alsa loading might be fixable. But
would TPs really need latest ALSA?
-Stefan
> Thanks,
> Jerone
>
>
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